poison pill

n. an element introduced into the restructuring of a corporation so that it becomes undesirable for another corporation to take over. Acme Corporation approved a poison pill to prevent a hostile takeover.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Feliciano	fe-lee-CHYAH-no (Italian), fe-lee-THYAH-no (Spanish), fe-lee-SYAH-no (Latin American Spanish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Arden	['a:dn]
Wiebe	VEE-bə (Dutch, German), WEE-bə (Dutch)	Frisian, Dutch, German
Junaid	-	Arabic
Minato	mee-nah-to	Japanese (Rare)
Simonu	-	Old Church Slavic